In the EESC's view, greater consideration needs to be given to the added value of the existing agencies, such as the EDA (defence), Frontex (external borders), Europol (public safety), ENISA (information security), the EASA (aviation safety), the EMSA (maritime safety) and the EFSA (food safety), and the alert systems such as RAPEX (European rapid alert system for product safety) and the ECHA in Helsinki (system on chemical products/REACH).

Other prime fields for action by the EU are marking and tracing, arms brokering, munitions, mainstreaming issues relating to small arms and light weapons in development programmes and anti-poverty programmes, weapons held by civilians, gender issues, non-State actors, administration of surplus stores, portable anti-aircraft systems and human rights issues.

relevant industrial activity in defence-related products within the Community, in particular capacity for system/sub-system integration;

(14) The objective of this Directive is to reduce aviation's contribution to global climate change by including emissions from aviation activities in the Community scheme.

The system should also encourage the safe, efficient and effective provision of air navigation services to the users of air navigation services that finance the system and stimulate integrated service provision.

The attachment to the 2001 Airline Passenger Service Commitment[6], signed by the majority of European national carriers (hereinafter referred as to the Airline Commitment) states that signatory airlines must take all reasonable steps to avoid loss or damage to mobility equipment or other disability assistive devices; they will develop their own individual service plans incorporating the Airline Commitment ; They will establish staff training programmes and introduce changes to their computer systems to implement the Airline Commitment; and that "PRM must be enabled to remain independent to the greatest possible extent".